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Leading GP: Dr Zoe Williams “I really struggled” - We NEED to rethink how we care for mothers

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8863 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to this week’s episode on the Motherkind Podcast, which features the incredible Dr Zoe Williams. She is a GP, Author and This Morning’s resident doctor. I absolutely loved this episode because Dr Zoe was so honest about her own experiences of motherhood, how lonely she felt in those early months and why she found herself thinking I just can't do this. We also talked about: How she thinks we need to change how we care for Women's Health in postpartum Tips on how to advocate for our own health and get the most out of a doctor's appointment whether that's for us or our children Her incredible new book for teenage girls which I absolutely love I hope you love this episode as much as I do. If you do love it, please share it with your mum friends or pop it in your group chats. Continue the Conversation Come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humor to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone and welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast. It is me, your host Zoe. I am so

0:10.5

happy that you are here. My guest this week is Dr Zoe Williams. Dr Zoe is a GP, an author, and you might

0:18.9

know her as this morning's resident doctor. Zoe was so honest in

0:24.4

this episode about her own experiences of motherhood, how lonely she felt in those early months

0:29.8

and why she found herself thinking, I just can't do this. We also talk about how she thinks

0:36.8

we need to change, how we care for women's health

0:39.9

in postpartum and actually women's health across the board. She gives some really powerful

0:46.1

and surprising tips actually on how to advocate for our own health, how to get the most

0:51.1

out of a doctor's appointment, whether that's for us or our children.

0:55.1

And we talk at the end about her incredible new book for teenage girls, which I absolutely

1:00.2

love.

1:01.0

I hope you love this episode.

1:02.8

Here it is.

1:04.7

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Oh, Zoe, I'm so excited to welcome you on the podcast.

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